Book Club 01 The Ruin + Painting Studio Ghibli Portrait As promised, here is my review (or just a big chat) about Dervla McTiernan and her novel 'The Ruin' for our book club. I was originally going to pair this chat with some calligraphy or journaling content but I had to work on a commission in the week of a…
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Stationery Pal PEN HAUL & 10 Portrait HeadsHope you enjoy this cruisy and real-time look at unboxing the pen haul of stationery supplies I got from Stationery Pal this week. I had so much fun working on the 100 Heads challenge that I think I might have to continue this in my sketchbook whenever I want to warm up the…
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Lofi Hip Hop chill music 🎧💡Art / Relax to🌴 Watercolor illustrationThis video is a real-time watercolor painting process of a 4/5 hour session cut down to just over an hour. It's a painting of me in my dream studio and thought I would combine it with some music I love. When I paint I love to put lo-fi and hip-hop…
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Personalized Letter Art - Made to Order Gift or How to Create your Own This week's video takes a look at how to create Personalized Letter Art for someone special and also introduces a new product available in my shop. I enjoy doing these detailed little illustrations so much and thought I would let you know how I create them…
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Art Struggles and the Sunflowers that saved me inspired by Van Gogh Art feelings. Good. Bad. Meh. Join me today as I show you how I experienced both failure and success with my art in the same week. My first painting was inspired by the Netherlands' beautiful Spring flower fields and what I created did not live up to my…
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STARTING A NEW SKETCHBOOK Valentines Day Romance inspired It's time to start fresh in my brand new sketchbook, ready for another year (or so) of mindful art practice. I finished my Moleskine and uploaded the full flip through of it last week and now it's time to get started in my Claire Fontaine Goldline Mixed Media Travel album (that's a…
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Sketchbook tour Flipping through my SKETCHBOOK 2022 So happy to share with you the pages of my first FULL Sketchbook! A lot of chatting as I give you an in-depth tour of these spreads and what I was working on through the last year and a half since June 2020 - Jan 2022. Some of my favourite watercolour paintings are…
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